So true. The last Bond movies were ok. But to me and even my friends they lost that unique bond appeal and were getting more like any other action movie. It was time for them to stop.
@@atoz9405 I think Daniel Craig's Bond was really bad: too serious, coldly cynical, too much action; James Bond has to go back to basics: it has to be fantasy, comedy and entertaining
Watching this at the Cinema as a 10 year old Boy in 1978 I thought that Car was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. And when it was driven out of the Sea, I nearly passed out. Brilliant.
@@ammarisrar2005 that's close enuff. Giorgetto & MARCELLO GANDINI from BERTONE created amazing designs for MASERATI, LAMBORGHINI, ALFA ROMEO, BUGATTI & countless other car makers.
According to John Glen (second-unit director of this film), Roger Moore came up with that; he had the idea that dropping a fish would be funny and just did it. It made no sense, but they went with it - for the fun.
I preferred the more "down to earth" Bond Roger Moore films like Octopussy and For Your Eyes Only. But this one is his best "taking down the evil organization in some obscure and distant base of operations" bond film.
This scene is definitely one of the reasons this movie is held in such high regard among the Bond films. Starts with a motorcycle with a torpedo sidecar. Then Jaws comes off a side street in a car. Once Bond has dispatched them, then suddenly there’s Caroline Munro in the chopper (that scene where the chopper comes up alongside Bond is just goosebumps every time). And apparently Munro is one hell of a pilot to pull off some of those turns (and get in front of Bond!) Then juuuust when you think Bond’s gonna pull some tricky car move or pull into a tunnel, it’s “Can you swim?” Car turns into a freakin’ submarine and takes out the chopper only to THEN get attacked by frogmen AND a small submersible of their own. I love the way Anya hits the depth charge button at the end too. The scene definitely earned the fish gag at the end of an 8 minute rollercoaster.
It’s a tour de force, in my favorite Bond film. but Stromberg must be the least efficient Bond villain. 😂 he wastes a Kawasaki, a sidecar missile drone, an Alfa Romeo, a Jet Ranger, 5 henchmen, 2 frogmen, a submersible, and a ridiculously hot fEmme fatale in his pursuit. 😅 then again, Jaws is worth every penny as a henchman. 😁
And to think Stromberg could just pressed a single button to dispatch Bond when he was on his island. That's why I find the Italian gangster and spaghetti westerns films far superior. But who cares its entertainment eh! 😊
John K I love how they take regular cars that nobody really knows about and turn them into badass movie cars, I bet nobody knew what a 1970 Lotus Esprit was before this movie. Same with the Delorean from back to the future, that car was on the market from 1981-1983 and ever sense they used it in the 1985 back to the future film everybody wants one now. So DMC is actually bringing deloreans back this year.
Timelessly impressive - no CGI, all real things captured on real film, stunts done for real, no cut and shut editing, style, charisma, something other worldly - just an amazing film.
Coming out of the water with the windshield wiper on and dropping the fish out the window. That sums up the humor of the Roger Moore Bond pictures. Loved them.
What? I didn't Know. Connery was my Father's Bond, But I got stuck with Sir Roger Moore. And I do not regret it. Moonraker and The Spy Who Loved Me Changed My Life.
Started watching him when l was 7 he had a show called lVANHO not sure about the spelling...then he went to do the SAINT, loved the show...he had a distinct voice , distinct hair cut and most of all a distinct style ....he was a good looking chap in all his movies!
Yes, it is. I really love it. I was seven years old when I saw Roger Moore presenting this trailer in a german tv-show and I desperately wanted to see the movie but was way too young. It was my first contact with a Bond movie and since then I am a fan 😉
The shots of the helicopter popping up beside the Lotus on the road, and the one where the Lotus goes into the water with the helicopter alongside are pure cinematic gold!
I was an 11 year old kid when this came out and I thought this chase scene with the Esprit S1 was the best thing ever. The action and exotic locations, along with the atmospheric Hamlisch music score were so intoxicating! And Ms Munro stirred feelings I’d never quite known before ...
Classy how the car goes crashing into the roof of the house and you think everyone is dead inside and then jaws comes out the front door brushing his suit and just walks away casually lmao.
@@rogerkincaid931 Yep, couldn't agree with you Moore! LOL He's my favorite Bond of them all. No disrespect to all you Sean Connery and Daniel Craig fans - but Roger had that special charisma about him that made him very special to me. Call it a man crush or whatever but he was the best. RIP Moore and Connery.
Its the way the motorcyclist loses it that just kills me every time. After being such a covert tough guy only to wind up looking like a Keystone cop unable to control his bike and roaring off a cliff pasted with feathers. What an epic fail. What an idiot. The Wile Coyote fall is just perfect. Wait for it!!
@@myalfie exactly, believe me the worlds way changed after Irans 1979 revolution, the shah gone. Democrats Owned the World. And Islamic Gray days starts to the Middle East and Then to world. Tnx my friend
Actually the world (or at least, the UK) wasn't a particularly happy place in the 1970s (oil crisis, inflation, industrial unrest - not too different to today!). Maybe that's why the Bond producers decided to make cheerful films!
I challenge anyone to find a more entertaining series of films from this era of bond just for sheer fun....does anyone know how good these films actually were without trying?
The best car chase action segment in any movie from start to finish ever!! Bond movie or otherwise. Great action, cool tech, one liners, and coming back on land to finish lol! So epic to this day!!
Also, some people don't give him credit as a ruthless Bond too. Each Bond kills villains, but in this, he just frankly shoots Strohmberg assassin style after he dodges the harpoon. There was the guy in the car he kicked off the ledge in For Your Eyes Only, and in Moonraker, he sent Drax out into space to die a horrible death.
Saw this as a small kid with my cousin and our Grandad. We both went crazy for that car and begged him for a model of it. We both got the Corgi one with the little missiles and fins. Spent many happy hours in the bath recreating this scene :) the movie is still one of my faves.Sean Connery and Roger Moore still have it and they're not even here anymore :( Daniel Who?
Stromberg: We need a new helicopter pilot HR: We have two candidates. First candidate Bob: I have 25 years flight experience Stromberg: We'll let you know. Next candidate please Caroline Munroe: I can push buttons Stromberg: Welcome aboard
Classic Bond, to me Roger Moore was the best, suave, typically English, funny, tongue in cheek but serious when needed to be. This scene sums up what Bond is all about, the latest films with Daniel Craig just don't have that quint essential 007.
Well said and absolutely agree. He was the best. His versatility was second to none. Today its all blood, guts and doom to pull the ticket sales in. The latest bond movies were hideous to say the least. Far to much time spent on anger with no realistic plots or characters, The music as well compared to the old ones was not as good. Latest bond had potential but lost the plot with exasperated scenes of blood and gore, Which for me totally detracted from all that 007 films are capable of. Moore was a classic example of a secret agent using his skill and cunning instead of just bullets and bullshit.
I think people tend to look back on past Bond eras with rose-tinted glasses (myself included). Yes this clip is great and stands the test of time very well, but even Roger's era was all-often criticised by many at the time for going too far into parody. This sort of approach wouldn't work as well with modern audiences. It's too dated and "of its time". They tried it to a degree with Spectre and it felt hoakey. Craig's films have a lot of good in them though. I grew up with the Brosnan films but its fair to say that they haven't aged particularly well and Craig's films are something of an improvement in terms of acting and production.
The dead fish at the end was Roger's idea. He thought it'd be funny. It makes no sense, of course, but I'm glad they went with it - it concludes the scene on a humorous note.
3:31 I love how even when the assassin was trying to kill Bond, he still offered his gentle smile like a gentleman. Something unique from all other spies.
I will watch James Bond anytime. Started watching 007 movies on the big screen since I was 10 years old. My dad introduced me to JB. I am 60 years old now and will never tire to watch the 007 movies.
02:25 forward vision is obscured Driver: "Best course of action will be to keep my right foot buried into the carpet and swerve from side to side like a loon"
@Henry Limpet The interesting thing about Bond back then was it was really very British, the humor, the understatement. I think this is what the English have always been about, Bond after the mid 80s lost the plot.
@@watershed44 The more fun Bond would have killed the series if it kept going on. I love Roger Moore's early Bond films but it started to get stale. The Living Daylights is great imo
TexasRocks HillCounrty You really have to love the way they also slyly included some humorous moments into this chase. Like right at the beginning when of all the trucks on the road Bond could've gotten stuck behind while being chased by the missile firing motorcycle was of all things a mattress delivery truck.
Useless trivia moment: The dude on the beach (8:27) was actually an Italian director featured in the movie as an extra. He was in Moonraker & For Your Eyes Only too & does the exact same thing (looks at his wine bottle) in each movie whenever he see's Bond doing something incredible.
Sir Roger Moore is still to this day my favorite Bond. He was so always so non-chalant and complacent about shit. Never took himself too seriously. The best simple fist fights too, none of that MMA/Krav Maga fancy pants bullshit
First Bond film I saw at the cinema, amazing and still is, a school friends Dad was security driver who drove the model of the Lotus to the set at Pinewood unreal